Poverty Rate in Faulkner County, AR
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
14.5%
Rank #1,851/3,222 · #13 in AR
43th
Faulkner 14.5%
AR 16.0% -9.3%
US 12.6% +15.1%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Faulkner County's poverty rate of 14.5% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Faulkner County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,848 | Randolph County, NC | 14.5% |
| #1,849 | Spartanburg County, SC | 14.5% |
| #1,850 | Bell County, TX | 14.5% |
| #1,851 | Faulkner County, AR | 14.5% |
| #1,852 | Hancock County, WV | 14.5% |
| #1,853 | Mountrail County, ND | 14.5% |
| #1,854 | Forsyth County, NC | 14.5% |
About Poverty Rate
Faulkner County, Arkansas has a poverty rate of 14.5%, ranking #1,851 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 15.1% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Arkansas, it ranks #13 of 75. This places it in the 43th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.